2017–18 Minnesota Wild season

2017–18 Minnesota Wild
Division3rd Central
Conference4th Western
2017–18 record45–26–11
Home record27–6–8
Road record18–20–3
Goals for253
Goals against232
Team information
General managerChuck Fletcher
CoachBruce Boudreau
CaptainMikko Koivu
Alternate captainsZach Parise
Ryan Suter
ArenaXcel Energy Center
Average attendance19,036[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)Iowa Wild (AHL)
Rapid City Rush (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsEric Staal (42)
AssistsMikael Granlund (46)
PointsEric Staal (76)
Penalty minutesMarcus Foligno (72)
Plus/minusJonas Brodin (+23)
WinsDevan Dubnyk (35)
Goals against averageDevan Dubnyk (2.52)

The 2017–18 Minnesota Wild season was the 18th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[2]

Standings

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Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 p – Nashville Predators 82 53 18 11 47 267 211 +56 117
2 x – Winnipeg Jets 82 52 20 10 48 277 218 +59 114
3 x – Minnesota Wild 82 45 26 11 42 253 232 +21 101
4 x – Colorado Avalanche 82 43 30 9 41 257 237 +20 95
5 St. Louis Blues 82 44 32 6 41 226 222 +4 94
6 Dallas Stars 82 42 32 8 38 235 225 +10 92
7 Chicago Blackhawks 82 33 39 10 32 229 256 −27 76
Source: National Hockey League[3]
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

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Preseason

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The team's preseason schedule was released on June 13, 2017.[4]

Regular season

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The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.[5]

2017–18 game log

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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2018 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

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As of April 21, 2018[6]

Skaters
Goaltenders
Regular season[6]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Devan Dubnyk 60 59 3,450:19 35 16 7 145 2.52 1,769 .918 5 0 3 12
Alex Stalock 28 23 1,495:16 10 10 4 71 2.85 787 .910 1 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Devan Dubnyk 5 5 247:56 1 4 14 3.39 152 .908 0 0 0 0
Alex Stalock 1 0 48:01 0 0 1 1.25 16 .938 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours

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Awards

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Milestones

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Transactions

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The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

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Date Details Ref
June 21, 2017 (2017-06-21) To Vegas Golden Knights
Alex Tuch
To Minnesota Wild
conditional 3rd-round pick in 2017 or 2018
Expansion Draft considerations[a]
[9]
June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23) To Columbus Blue Jackets
Jordan Schroeder
To Minnesota Wild
Dante Salituro
[10]
June 30, 2017 (2017-06-30) To Buffalo Sabres
Jason Pominville
Marco Scandella
4th-round pick in 2018
To Minnesota Wild
Tyler Ennis
Marcus Foligno
3rd-round pick in 2018
[11]
February 8, 2018 (2018-02-08) To New Jersey Devils
Christoph Bertschy
Mario Lucia
To Minnesota Wild
Viktor Loov
[12]
February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) To Montreal Canadiens
Mike Reilly
To Minnesota Wild
5th-round pick in 2019
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Notes

Player signings

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Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 26, 2017 (2017-06-26) Gustav Olofsson 2-year, $1.45 million [38]
June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27) Pat Cannone 1-year, $650,000 [39]
July 2, 2017 (2017-07-02) Mike Reilly 2-year, $1.45 million [40]
July 3, 2017 (2017-07-03) Zach Palmquist 1-year, $726,000 [41]
July 8, 2017 (2017-07-08) Kurtis Gabriel 1-year, $715,000 [42]
July 10, 2017 (2017-07-10) Steve Michalek 1-year, $715,000 [43]
Zack Mitchell 1-year, $660,000 [44]
July 30, 2017 (2017-07-30) Nino Niederreiter 5-year, $26.25 million [45]
August 1, 2017 (2017-08-01) Mikael Granlund 3-year, $17.25 million [46]
September 14, 2017 (2017-09-14) Marcus Foligno 4-year, $11.5 million [47]
December 11, 2017 (2017-12-11) Ivan Lodnia 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract [48]
March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26) Jordan Greenway 3-year, $3.675 million entry-level contract [49]
April 5, 2018 (2018-04-05) Louis Belpedio 2-year, $1.85 million entry-level contract [50]
April 27, 2018 (2018-04-27) Mason Shaw 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract [51]
April 30, 2018 (2018-04-30) Sam Anas 2-year, $1.35 million contract extension [52]
May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02) Dmitri Sokolov 3-year, $2.49 million entry-level contract [53]
May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16) Kaapo Kahkonen 2-year, entry-level contract [54]

Draft picks

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Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
3 85 Ivan Lodnia RW United States United States Erie Otters (OHL)
4 971 Mason Shaw C Canada Canada Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)
4 116 Bryce Misley C Canada Canada Oakville Blades (OJHL)
5 147 Jacob Golden D Canada Canada London Knights (OHL)
6 178 Andrei Svetlakov C Russia Russia CSKA Moscow (KHL)
7 209 Nick Swaney C United States United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL)

Draft notes:[55]

  1. The Arizona Coyotes' fourth-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on February 26, 2017 that sent Grayson Downing, a first-round pick in 2017, a second-round pick in 2018 and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2019 to Arizona in exchange for Martin Hanzal, Ryan White and this pick.[56]

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